In my experience, that's a good way to overextend yourself and end up becoming nothing to no one as a result.

This too shall pass. Granted, it might take a while, though.

According to TFA, "a marine ecologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada" said it "contains no biological material", which would rule out the most usual globster suspects (rotting whale chunks), and presumably most foodstuffs (so it isn't actually dough). Someone else tested it and discovered that it was not a congealed petroleum-based lubricant or fuel. That leaves a lot of possible suspects. My guess at this point would be a chemical product that was jettisoned by some dishonest corp as being contaminated or unfit for purpose, and broke up into chunks in the water. 🤔

There are many more, too, although the number of pages they index is widely variable. Here's a list.

I guess he wasn't naked at the time (camera was hijacked too, according to the article).

And people wonder why I go out of my way to obtain equipment that doesn't have a bloody app or connect to anything.

Taiwan has urged its citizens to “avoid non-essential travel” to the mainland as well as Hong Kong and Macau after China unveiled guidelines in June detailing criminal punishments for what Beijing described as diehard “Taiwan independence” separatists.

I'm surprised that hasn't always been the recommendation—it isn't like Taiwan has had a good relationship with China since the establishment of the two countries' current governmental setups.

Linux users are hard for using a terminal when they could just open a document in a text editor.

The command line is always there and always has the same basic tools, assuming the system is bootable at all. You can't guarantee that a given system has a working GUI—it may be broken, inaccessable, or never installed. Having some kind of TUI editor installed is usual on non-embedded systems, but you can't guarantee which one or that it's fit for purpose (coaching a newbie through a vi session isn't something anyone wants to do). That means that the generic instructions that get passed around because they're fit for most systems (regardless of distro or purpose) use the command line tools.

So there is method to the madness, but if you're coming from a "GUI or bust!" OS it can take a while to get used to.

I cannot imagine a less welcoming and beginner friendly community

You have very little imagination, then.

There's no "may" about it. The Ars Technica article indicates that the Internet Archive's front page was (briefly) altered in addition to the account data being stolen.

It's a cat. It got curious about the inner workings of a satellite and stayed there past liftoff to investigate. And now it's acting silly in front of the camera in the hope that the servant monkeys back on the ground can figure out how to send it a zero-G litterbox and a bag of Cat Chow.

(/s, of course.)

Bet that by "average" they mean "mean", when the median would really be a more useful measure in this case (as it often is with anything to do with wealth).

If a pigeon crapped on his head, Poilievre would find a way to blame the Liberals for it.

Would everyone who is surprised by this please raise your hand? . . . That's what I thought.